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APCD Activities

APCD Activities in Brief from October to December 2002

In October, several remarkable events for people with disabilities took place in Japan; the DPI 6th World Assembly in Sapporo, Campaign 2002/Osaka Forum in Osaka and the UN ESCAP High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting in Shiga. All these events, we believe, will help people with disabilities and encourage them to move forward into a new stage of development in the disability movement.

The above events were also especially meaningful for the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability Project (APCD Project), since our goals, visions and spirit were closely reflected in these events.

The APCD Project actively participated in those meetings as well. Mr. Ninomiya, Chief Adviser of the APCD, showed a video of APCD and gave presentation on the Project and Ms. Ito, JICA expert on human resource development, had a group session/discussion with a variety of participants from all over the world. The favorable responses from participants confirmed the significance of APCD’ programmed for persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific Region.

The APCD Opening Ceremony was held at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok on 3 December 2002, the International Day for Disabled Persons, with approximately 300 participants. Excellent speeches were delivered by Mr. Chaturon Chaisaeng, the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Mr. Anurak Chureemas, the Minister of Social Development and Human Security, and Ms. Keiko Okaido, Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCAP. In addition, Mr. Atsushi Tokinoya, the Japanese Ambassador and Mr. Yutaka Fujimoto, Senior Vice-President of JICA extended congratulations on the opening of the project.

APCD representatives also participated in the Sixteenth National Conference on Mental Retardation in Calicut, Kerala, India from December 29-31, 2002. They gave a presentation on the APCD project, and exchanged knowledge, experiences and ideas with Indian colleagues.

Schedules & Calendar of 2003

January

6^th: 2^nd APCD Newsletter

27^th-1^st February: Independent Living Training, Thailand

31^st: Deadline of the APCD logo contest

February

13^th-19^th: Mission to Viet Nam

25^th-11^th March: Non-Handicapping Environment Training: Regional Training Course for Trainers
on the Promotion of a Non-handicapping Environment for People with Disabilities, Bangkok, Thailand

25^th-28^th: Representatives of the South African Decade of Disabled visit the APCD project

March

2^nd-8^th: Mission to Fiji

17^th-19^th: Mission to Lao PDR

April

7^th Third APCD Newsletter

May

12^th-15^th: Mission to Myanmar

June

2^nd-17^th: Community - based Rehabilitation Training (CBR)

Calendar (January to June)

Year 2003	January				February				March
2nd Newsletter	6
Independent Living Training				27-1
Deadline of the APCD logo contest				31
Mission to Viet Nam						13-19
Non-handicapping Environment Training								25-	11
Mission to Fiji									2-8
Mission to Cambodia											17-19
Year 2003	April				May				June
3rd Newsletter
CBR Training